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Consolidating touch points for retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

For decades, colleges have consolidated many of their admissions and enrollment services functions under a single umbrella office—including, but not limited to, the bursar, the registrar, the cashier’s office and financial aid. Image: One-stop services are not new to higher education.

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Survey data show disparities in college course registration holds

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” The American Association of Collegiate Registrar and Admission Officers discourages transcript holds as a means of collecting trivial or minor debt. She made it by two days.

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

Associate Provost for Academic and Graduate Affairs, Seton Hall University Melissa McCauley, Director of Marketing, Wilfrid Laurier University Enhancing the attractiveness of joint undergraduate and graduate degrees Coutney B.

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Better CRM Tools Key to Reversing Enrollment Declines at CCs

EAB

EAB’s Tara Zirkel and Mike Saxvik examine systemic weaknesses within the admissions practices at two-year institutions that allow far too many prospective students to fall through the cracks. Follow the podcast on Spotify , Google Podcasts , Apple Podcasts , SoundCloud and Stitcher or visit our podcast homepage for additional episodes.

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How CSCU is Building Strong Institutional Foundations: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 176 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Terrence Cheng

The Change Leader, Inc.

Creating a Clear Pathway to Community College Using the Common App, CSCU created a legislature-driven, GPA-calibrated automated admission program that will be implemented at the state’s 17 technical schools and CSCU’s 17 community college campuses. What we want to do is offer automatic admission to all technical high school graduates.

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Drive Enrollment Growth with First-Gen Pathways to Success: Changing Higher Education Podcast 167 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Marielena DeSanctis

The Change Leader, Inc.

Even simple things like naming your Cashier’s Office, the bursar’s office. I looked and we were literally standing in front of the cashier, but the sign read, “Bursar’s.” I’ll never forget the day I was walking around at Broward College, and a student was like, “I need to pay for my tuition. Where’s the cashier?”